The Coventry Spanner https://davesetype.co.uk/ E-Type restoration, one skinned knuckle at a time. en Sun, 08 Nov 2026 06:47:48 GMT Browns Lane and Back: A Coventry Half-Day in an E-Type https://davesetype.co.uk/browns-lane-and-back-coventry-e-type-drive/ https://davesetype.co.uk/browns-lane-and-back-coventry-e-type-drive/ Coventry built the E-Type, and the city still carries the ghosts of that industry if you know where to drive. This is a practical half-day route through Browns Lane, Whitley and the transport museum, with parking notes, café stops and a few words from local owners who still use their cars in the city. The Coventry Spanner Classic Car Culture Sun, 08 Nov 2026 05:18:29 GMT The Spring Wrench-Over: Fifteen Safety Checks Your Exempt E-Type Still Deserves https://davesetype.co.uk/spring-wrench-over-e-type-safety-checks/ https://davesetype.co.uk/spring-wrench-over-e-type-safety-checks/ Historic-vehicle MOT exemption is a tax-time paperwork status, not a promise that your E-Type is safe. Here is a realistic Saturday-morning walkaround covering the fifteen things a tester would still have poked at, with the E-Type weak spots worth knowing before the first proper run of spring 2026. The Coventry Spanner Tools & Workshop Sun, 08 Nov 2026 05:18:29 GMT Sill Games: How to Spot the E-Type Rust That’s Hiding in Plain Sight https://davesetype.co.uk/sill-games-spot-e-type-hidden-rust/ https://davesetype.co.uk/sill-games-spot-e-type-hidden-rust/ The seller says the E-Type is solid. In a British damp garage, that word needs checking. Here is where to poke, what a magnet and borescope actually reveal, and how to tell a project from a structural money pit. The Coventry Spanner Tools & Workshop Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:17:37 GMT Stone Chips Are Honest: The Case for a Scruffy, Driven E-Type https://davesetype.co.uk/stone-chips-are-honest-scruffy-driven-e-type/ https://davesetype.co.uk/stone-chips-are-honest-scruffy-driven-e-type/ A perfect E-Type is a lovely thing, but a used one tells a better story. This is an argument for keeping the stone chips, the scuffed chrome and the miles visible — while still drawing a hard line at structural rust. The Coventry Spanner Classic Car Culture Sun, 08 Nov 2026 01:17:37 GMT Damp, Salt and Silence: Parking Up the E-Type for Winter 2026/27 https://davesetype.co.uk/damp-salt-silence-parking-up-e-type-winter-2026-27/ https://davesetype.co.uk/damp-salt-silence-parking-up-e-type-winter-2026-27/ A soggy-garage diary of deciding whether to SORN or keep the E-Type taxed, then getting it through a British winter without feeding the rust worms. Battery conditioning, flat spots, ventilation and the sill, floor and boot traps that matter. The Coventry Spanner Winter Maintenance Sat, 07 Nov 2026 21:21:28 GMT Skip the Shiny Catalogue: Building a £500 E-Type Tool Kit That Actually Earns Its Keep https://davesetype.co.uk/skip-shiny-catalogue-500-pound-e-type-tool-kit/ https://davesetype.co.uk/skip-shiny-catalogue-500-pound-e-type-tool-kit/ Most home restorers buy too many tools too soon and still round off the first SU carburettor nut. Here is an opinionated £500 kit for E-Type jobs that actually matter, plus five boot-sale bargains to leave alone. The Coventry Spanner Tools & Workshop Sat, 07 Nov 2026 21:21:28 GMT